Summit organizers had hoped to attract 300 participants but had 850 people sign up for last weekend’s event in Littleton, which included the signing of the “Lone Tree Declaration.”

“I was drained, need a break,” said Andrews, the former state Senate president.

He and his wife and their grandson were headed to California on Monday. At the coffee shop at Denver International Airport, they ran into Colorado Supreme Court Justice Gregory Hobbs and his family, who were headed to Willamsburg.

“We wished each other well & flew away, never suspecting Colorado politics would turn into the Twilight Zone within hours after we left,” Andrews said in an e-mail.

The revelation has created a firestorm in Colorado politics and attracted national attention. McInnis, one of two Republicans running for governor, said he has no intention in dropping out of the race as some have suggested he should do.

The “firestorm in Colorado politics” continues. Face the State is now reporting that “Bill Ritter bylined a commentary commemorating Veteran’s Day a couple of years ago – and wound up lifting several paragraphs, almost word-for-word, from a Veteran’s Day speech by Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski.” See the report here. And please note my use of quotation marks around the quotation.

Doug H

Gotta love the folks at Face The State. In typical Republican fashion they have found the “he did it to” and that should now exonerate Mc Innis. Of course, Iam sure that t i sjust theliberal press that ignored Ritters wrong doing and is now just persecuting Mc Innis for no reason at all.

Lynn Bartels thinks politics is like sports but without the big salaries and protective cups. The Washington Post's "The Fix" blog has named her one of Colorado's best political reporters and tweeters.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.